There are many ways to live a good life, but in modern times it feels harder than ever.Loneliness, anxiety, and depression are all on the rise, especially among younger generations. We live in a hyper-individualistic society here in the West, which means you’re often left alone with your struggles. In the East, life is more […]
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Every man thinks he can beat up a bear, or has at least theory-crafted how to do it. I recently made a post about how I would fare in various post-apocalyptic worlds. Well, I liked that idea so much, I decided to do it with me fighting against horror movie villains, and is there a
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Evil has many faces. Evil comes with many shapes and sizes. With so many choices for good horror it seems strange to always return to the creepy clown stereotype. Clowns are indeed a creepy bunch, but are they truly that bad? The fear of clowns is called Coulrophobia, yet it affects a very small number
Let’s be honest: the world is going to shit. All those post-apocalypse stories we used to treat as fiction? Starting to feel like prep manuals. It seems like everybody has an idea of how they would fare in such a world, but all that is still speculation. You are in luck because here is a
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What makes a film truly bad, and what makes it genuinely good? We have been trained for decades to think in binaries. Since Siskel and Ebert famously reduced movies to a simple thumbs up or thumbs down, we have been conditioned to judge films as either good or bad. I want to offer a different
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Clair Obscur expedition 33 is a game that includes some real wisdom, further making the case for the idea that video games can be art. The game is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish. This post will only focus on 1 little nugget of wisdom that actually works as self-improvement, again furthering the idea
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The new War of the Worlds movie has been panned by critics and audiences alike. As of writing this, the movie sits at a 4% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 2.5/10 on IMDb, and a 1/5 on Letterboxd. Even a normal bad movie doesn’t get this level of hate. So why is it different now? What
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I recently saw the film The Worst Person in the World. A Norwegian film about finding your way in life and the inevitable regrets one experiences by simply being alive. It took me some time to get into it since Norwegian is a deeply silly language; however, I did like the film and it did
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Paris, Texas is considered a masterpiece of cinema and one of the all-time greats. It comfortably sits in the canon of great movies with a Rotten Tomato score of 95% and a letterboxed score of 4.2/ 5, it has also been rewarded with the mark of “great film” by legendary film critic Roger Ebert, a
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Yes I know, I know! I have already made a comparison article comparing the original 2003 version with Brotherhood highlighting some elements that I feel make the 2003 superior. Today I’m going to do a comparison with 1 scene from both versions. I do think this scene is a microcosm of what makes 2003 the
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